| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 587) : illustrations |
| Series |
Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering |
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Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering.
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| Contents |
Overview of physiological measurements / P. Åke Öberg and Tatsuo Togawa -- Cardiology : blood pressure / Alberto Avolio, Mark Butlin, and Dean Winter -- Cardiology : electrocardiography / Jason Ng and Jeffrey J. Goldberger -- Cardiology : hemodynamics / Sándor J. Kovács -- Phonocardiography : recording of heart sounds and murmurs / Homer Nazeran -- Dermatology / John G. Webster -- Gastroenterology / John William Arkwright and Phil Dinning -- Measuring glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice / A. Michael Peters -- Neurology : central nervous system / Richard B. Reilly -- Neurology : peripheral nerves and muscles / Ernest Nlandu Kamavuako and Dario Farina -- Obstetrics and gynecology / Michael R. Neuman -- Ophthalmology / Ayyakkannu Manivannan and Vikki McBain -- Orthopedics / Miriam Hwang, Ubong Udoekwere, and Gerald Harris -- Physiologic measures in otology, neurotology, and audiology / Il Joon Moon, E. Skoe, and Jay T. Rubinstein -- Pathology : chemical tests / Arlyne B. Simon, Brendan M. Leung, Tommaso Bersano-Begey, Larry J. Bischof, and Shuichi Takayama -- Pediatric physiological measurements / Michael R. Neuman -- Measurements in pulmonology / Jason H.T. Bates, David W. Kaczka, and G. Kim Prisk -- Radiology / Melvin P. Siedband and John G. Webster -- Rehabilitation / John G. Webster -- Urology / Michael Drinnan and Clive Griffiths -- Data processing, analysis, and statistics / Gordon Silverman and Malcolm S. Woolfson |
| Summary |
The Physiological Measurement Handbook presents an extensive range of topics that encompass the subject of measurement in all departments of medicine. The handbook describes the use of instruments and techniques for practical measurements required in medicine. It covers sensors, techniques, hardware, and software as well as information on processing systems, automatic data acquisition, reduction and analysis, and their incorporation for diagnosis. Suitable for both instrumentation designers and users, the handbook enables biomedical engineers, scientists, researchers, students, health care pers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2015) |
| Subject |
Physiological apparatus.
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Human physiology -- Measurement
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Patient monitoring.
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Monitoring, Physiologic
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Physiological Phenomena
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
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Patient monitoring
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Human physiology -- Measurement
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Physiological apparatus
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Webster, John G., 1932-2023, editor
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| ISBN |
9781439808481 |
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1439808481 |
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